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Now that Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for her role in a massive college admissions scam, attention has turned to where she’ll spend her time behind bars. In federal court in Boston on Friday, Huffman’s attorney requested that the the actress be allowed to spend her 14-day prison sentence at…… MORE

NBA star Klay Thompson has been visiting his family in the Bahamas since he was a kid. Now, in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, he’s giving back. Thompson is raising money for relief efforts in the island nation, he announced in an Instagram post Friday. Dorian devastated the northern islands — killing over 40 people…… MORE

Most of the NFL’s Week 2 games won’t be played until Sunday, but it’s a good bet Cam Newton has already worn the most talked-about outfit of the week. The Carolina Panthers quarterback stepped into Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte ahead of his Thursday night home game in a silky blue suit, gold shoes…… MORE

When University of Georgia football fans paraded into Sanford Stadium on Saturday, many had swapped out traditional red Georgia shirts for bright pink. They were staging a “pink out” of the stadium in honor of Wendy Anderson, the wife of Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson. She died August 19 from breast cancer, according to the…… MORE

If California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill passed by the state Senate Friday, state university clinics will be required to offer abortion pills to students as of 2023. “The state has an interest in ensuring that every pregnant person in California who wants to have an abortion can obtain access to that care as…… MORE

Ed O’Bannon, the former UCLA basketball star who sued the NCAA so college football and basketball players could profit from the use of their images, says a newly passed bill in California that expands the ability of student athletes to earn money is “changing the game.” O’Bannon talked about California’s SB 206, also known as…… MORE

An Ohio video gamer who played a role in a hoax phone call that led police to kill a man in Kansas was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison, authorities said. Casey S. Viner, 19, was one of three defendants in a case of “swatting” — making a false report to send police somewhere…… MORE

As a nurse in the transplant intensive care unit at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Cami Loritz is used to treating patients, not being one herself. But when she learned that she was a match for a young boy with irreversible liver failure, she made the decision to turn the tables on herself as a caregiver…… MORE

A gunman is on the run after opening fire at a light rail station in Seattle, leaving one person dead and two others injured, police said. The shooting happened Friday night inside the Westlake station downtown, according to Seattle Police Detective Mark Jamieson. Police responded to the scene and found three adult male victims who…… MORE

Bee Love Slater is the 18th known transgender person to be killed this year, the Human Rights Campaign said. The 23-year-old woman was found in a burned car this month in Clewiston, Florida, CNN affiliate WBBH reported. “She was a people person,” Desmond Vereen, who organized a vigil after Slater’s death, told the affiliate. “She…… MORE